Weeks of December 16 and Jan 6, 2019 

Kindergarten  Scholars 
 
 

Upcoming important dates 

12/17 - Holiday Store 4-7:30pm​ ​ ​ Early release at 1:15 - ​Every Monday 
12/23 - 1/5 - Winter Break 
1/6 -School Resumes 
1/20-No School Martin Luther King Day 
1/24-No School 
Food Pantry open - ​Every Tuesday 2:30-5:30pm and Thursday 1-3pm 

Birthdays 
William 12/19 (Wocelka) Malaysia 12/17 (Kuecker) 
Devonte 12/20 (Wocelka) LaNiyah 12/9 (Cashin) 

Learning links - What we’re doing these weeks 

The week of December 16th is gingerbread week. We made gingerbread babies and then 
they ran away. All academic areas were centered around gingerbread. We compared 
different gingerbread stories, we did gingerbread math and writing and so much more. 

Reading  Writing  Phonics  Math   Science / 

Social Studies 
We are reading the  -We continue to  We are learning  We will be learning   We are talking 
texts:  learn about writers  these words: This,  Building number  about kindness and 
-different  and authors - why do  can, here, like,  lines, addition and  spreading joy. We 
Gingerbread Texts  they write, what do  are, to.   subtraction  will be talking 
-Our Children can  they write about and    concepts, counting  about communities 
soar  what is their process  Letter sounds:  forwards and  once we get back 
  for writing  /i/, /n/ and  backwards with in  from break. 
Skills:  something. We will  review.  20. We will also  Scholars will learn 
-Identifying the  then become writers    talk about  about the kinds of 
character and  and authors    positional words  communities there 
setting of a story.  ourselves!    Previous words:  (above, below, next  are. Scholars will 
-Making inferences  the, see, a, I, on,  to, inside, etc.).  also learn what a 
-identifying what  happy, my, is, cat,  citizen is and how 
the text is mostly  look, and, very.  they will be an 
about.  important part of 
  their community.   
  

Home​ ​connections 
 

Important word to know:  What it means: 

Look and Say word (AKA:  A word that Scholars should know just by looking at it. 
sight word)  They do not need to sound these words out. Example: the, 
see, a 

Community  1. a place where people live, work, learn and play 

2. a group of people living in the same place or having a 
particular characteristic in common. 
3. a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of 
sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. 

Characters  Who the story is about - people, animals, objects, creatures 

Setting  Where the characters are in the story ie. farm, city, home, 
school 
 
 
Literacy connections: ​When you read with your Scholar, be sure to have 
them read the words that we have learned. Practice writing the words below. 
Scholars can follow along with your reading by pointing to the words as you 
read them. Make sure they point from left to right and move down the page. 
You can also figure out who the character is and where the character is in 
the story.   
 
Math connections: ​You can work with your Scholar on using positional 
words. Make it an I spy game! I spy something that is on top of the 
refrigerator. I spy something that is inside the closet. Work on addition and 
subtraction concepts.   
 
Use these flashcards to help your Scholar learn Look and Say words: 

we  very  little 

and  big  this 

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